Improvement in feed-cutters



waited 51am @wat @Wine .FELIX SIMS, OF RIDGEVILLE, ASSIGN'OR TO HIMSELF AND JAMES N. TEMPLER, OF PORTLAND, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 92.2548, dated July 13, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN FEED-CUTTERS.

To all whom it may concern;

'Be it known that I, FELIX SIMS, of Ridgeville, in the county of Randolph, and 'State of Indiana, have invented a new and'useful Improvement in Feed-Gut` ters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and'exact description-thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a front view of my improved feed-cutter.

Figure 2 is a top view ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish a simple, convenient, durable, and effective feedLeutter, by means of which more cutting can'be done in a given time, and with more ease, than is possible with cutters constructed in the ordinary manner; and

lt consists in the construction and combination of the various parts, as hereinafter more -fully described.

A represents the frame of the machine, to the upper part of which the feed-box B is attached.

The bottom, b', of the feed-box B, is inclined laterally from the side at which the' operator stands, as shown in iig. 1.

The forward palt of the box B is covered over to confine the material'while being fed forward to the knife. l

(l is the knife, the end of which is pivoted to the frame 'A of the machine, close to the deeper side of the feed-box B, so that as the knife descends in making the out, the leverage may be constantly increasing. The body of the knife Gis securely bolted to the wooden handle D, in such a way that the lower part of said knife may project belowr said handle, so that the actionvof the knife in cutting the material may not be obstructed by the handle. v

The handle D passes out between the forward end of the frame A, and the wooden spring-guard E, the

lower end of winch is securely attached to the frame A, and which constantly presses against the handle I), so as to hohLthe knife C always close up to the mouth of the feed-box B.

The knife O is slightly concaved, or has its lower part inclined inward, so that its edge may rub against the mouth of the feed-box, while its upper p art or back is free from said mouth. 4

F is a nan-ow iron plate or band, placed in the mouth of the feed-box B, against which the knife rubs While moving up, and to keep the edge-of said knife sharpened.

By this construction and arrangement of the feed-l box, knife, handle, and lspling-gilard, the cut will. be similar toa scissors-cnt, the leverage increasing as the knife descends.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The feed-cutter, constructed as described, of the feedbox B, when its bottom, b, is inclined laterally from one side to the other, the pivoted concave knife O, attached to the handle D, and held in contact with the sharpening-plate F, and the mouth of the feed-box, by means of the spring E bearing against said handle, all -arranged as described, for the pmpose set forth.

FELIX SIMS.

Witnesses EDWIN MYERS, WILLIAM Baum. 

